Buckle



(No Modem J. D. 8: S. H. HARTLEY.

BUGKLB. No. 414,407. Patented Nov. 5, 1889.

Uinrrnn rates arnnr Urnicnr JAMES D. HARTLEY AND SAMUEL ll; HARTLEY, OF UHESTER, ARKANSAS.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 414,407, dated November 5, 1889.

Application filed May l '7, 1889x Serial No. 311.137. (No model.)

To (all 207mm it may conce'n:

Be it known that We, JAMES D IIARTLEY and SAMUEL Il. HRTLEY, citizens of the United States, residing at Chester, in the county of Crawford and State of Arkansas, have invented a new and useful Buckle, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to improveinents in buckles, and is designed for use in any position upon a harness or other places to which it is adapted; and among the objects in view are to provide a buckle formed in a single piece, 'cheap and simple, and adapted to be connected with a strap without z sewing or other extraneous means, and which is adapted for the reception and connection of either two separate straps or a single Strap, one end of which is passed thcrethrough and bent upon itself to form a loop, all as will be hereinafter described.

The invention consists in certain features of construction hereinafter specified, and particularly pointed out in the clainis.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of abuckle constructed in accordance with our invention, the same being` provided witli a strap bent upon itself to form a loop, such as usuallyformed in checkreins'. Fig. 2 is a perspective in detail of a buckle; Fig. 3, a bottoin plan; Fig. 4, a top plan, and Fig. 5 a Vertical longitudinal section.

Like nuinerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

ln practicing the invention We cast the buckle 1 in a single piece, and With a central longitudinal plate 2, gradually thickened or widened toward its front end 3. The plate 2 at about its center is provided with an opening a, the opposite edges of which are transversely recessed, as at 5, to receive a pintle 6, upon which is niounted oppositely-disposed buckle-tongues 7, the tongues in this instance being slightly curved to facilitate the receiving of the strap, but which may be straight, if desired.

Upon what we term the upper face of the buckle are formcd at each side of the opening a keepers 8 and 9, the keeper 8 being at the forward end and slightly beyond the opening i, and the keeper 9 being` substantially over the rear end of the opening 4, and both zdressed side to view.

keepers being in line With each other and provided with intermediate strap-receiving narrow guiding-flanges 10, formed at each side of the plate 2. The opposite or bottoin side of the plate 2 is provided with a rear keeper 11, slightly beyond the opening 4, the end Walls of said opening being preferably inclined from front to rear when looking at the upper portion of a buckle, and upon this bottonl side and from about the end of the opening 4: at its front is formed a keeper or housing 12,extending forwardly and projecting beyond the end of the buckle-plate 2, said keeper or housing` prefera-bly being provided With a central opening 13, whereby a strap passed therethrough and designed to be bent upon itself may be twisted, so as to present its The opening 13 also serves as a means for taking in the strap, as Will be apparent.

let represents the strap, in this instance intended to represent a checkrein, the terminals of which have been passed through the buckle, as will be apparent, thus forniing a rear loop 15 for connection with the usual eye or hook of the saddle.

The advantages of a buckle constructed as described are numerous, and will be readily appreciated by those conversant in harnessmaking, for the reason that either side of the buckle may be used at its front or face, and no sewing is required, thereby lessening the liability of breakage, is applicable to various parts of the harness, and, in fact, can be used With full advantage in any position where a buckle is required.

Having described our invention, What we claiin is- 1. The herein-described buckle, the body of which is provided with oppositely-inclned strap-receiving passages extending throughout the length of the body, and a longitudinal partition having a central transverse opening between the passages, in combination with a pintle niounted in the opening, and tongues for engaging the straps projecting into each of the passages, substantially as specified.

2. A buckle having a central transverselyslotted plate or body, one end of which is thicker than the other, and keepers arranged at each end and upon the opposite faces of the body portion, thus forming opposite longitudinal strap-receiving ways inclined at an angle to each other, and a pintle inounted in the recess and provided With oppositely-disposedtongues projecting into the strap-receiving passag'es, substantially as specified.

3. The herein-described buckle, consisting of the plate 2, thickened toward one end and having the opening' and recess 5, the pintle 6, mounted in the recess, the tongues 7, mounted on the pintle, the keepers 8 and 9, inounted upon the upper face of the buckle and at each side of the opening and connected by the intermediate opposite flanges 10, and the keepers 11 and 12, inounted at the opposit-e side of the plate and connected by the flange 10, the keeper 12 being' projected beyond the end of the plate and having an opening 13, substantially as specified.

4. The herein-described buckle, consisting` of the central body-partition extending from end to end thereof and provided With atong'ue projecting at each side of the same, keepers mounted upon each side of the plate, forming ways, one of saidkeepers being provided with an opening` 13 and adapted to receive the strap l-L, the ends of which are each passed through a passage forming a loop 15, and one end given a half-twist opposte the opening 13, whereby the dressed side of the strap may merge outwardly from the buckle at each end of each of its passages, substantially as specified.

In testilnonythat We clailn the foregoing as our own we have hereto affixed our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

JAMES D. HARTLEY. SAMUEL H. HARTL'EY. "iitnessesz E. S. BLANKS, G. W. JONES. 

